hypercatalectus
From LSJ
ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτ' ἔπιες → did you ever drink hellebore at any point, did you ever drink hellebore, have you ever taken medication for mental illness, are you mad, you are mad, what are you on
Latin > English
hypercatalectus hypercatalecti N M :: faulty verse; verse ending in syllable; verse with one extra foot
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hypercătălectus: or hypercă-tălectĭcus, versus = ὑπερκατάληκτος or ὑπερκαταληκτικός, in prosody,
I a verse that has at the end a syllable or a foot too much, hypercatalectic, Serv. p. 1817 P.; Prisc. p. 1216 ib.
Latin > German (Georges)
hypercatalēctus, a, um (ὑπερκατάληκτος), hyperkatalektisch, d.i. mit einer od. mehreren überzähligen Silben am Ausgange, Diom. 502, 7. Prisc. part. XII vers. Aen. 1, 4. p. 460, 5 K. Serv. de cent. metr. 457, 14 K. Serv. Verg. Aen. 3, 128.
